o/t clause 71 -Voyeurism
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:03 am
This is part of the bill going infront of the lords
71 Voyeurism
(1) A person (A) commits an offence if?
(a) for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, he observes another
person (B) doing a private act or looks at a moving or still image of B
doing such an act,
(b) he knows that B does not consent to being observed or (as the case may
be) to the image being looked at, for his sexual gratification, and
(c) where the image is of B doing such an act on an earlier occasion, he
knows that, while doing the act, B did not consent to the act being
recorded with a view to an image of the act becoming available for the
sexual gratification of A, a class of persons to which A belongs, or
persons generally.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person is doing a private act if the person is
in a structure which, in the circumstances, would reasonably be expected to
provide privacy, and?
(a) the person?s genitals, buttocks or breasts are exposed or covered only
with underwear,
(b) the person is using a lavatory, or
(c) the person is doing a sexual act that is not of a kind ordinarily done in
public.
(3) In this section, ?structure? includes a tent, vehicle or vessel or other temporary
or movable structure.
(4) A person commits an offence if he instals or operates equipment, or constructs
or adapts a structure or part of a structure, with the intention of enabling
himself or another person to commit an offence under subsection (1).
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable?
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6
months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
2 years.
If I have a picture and I didn't know the person consented then potentially I could be committing this 'crime'. How does it operate with the press? The video of Jordan could be causing a lot of crime.
71 Voyeurism
(1) A person (A) commits an offence if?
(a) for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, he observes another
person (B) doing a private act or looks at a moving or still image of B
doing such an act,
(b) he knows that B does not consent to being observed or (as the case may
be) to the image being looked at, for his sexual gratification, and
(c) where the image is of B doing such an act on an earlier occasion, he
knows that, while doing the act, B did not consent to the act being
recorded with a view to an image of the act becoming available for the
sexual gratification of A, a class of persons to which A belongs, or
persons generally.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person is doing a private act if the person is
in a structure which, in the circumstances, would reasonably be expected to
provide privacy, and?
(a) the person?s genitals, buttocks or breasts are exposed or covered only
with underwear,
(b) the person is using a lavatory, or
(c) the person is doing a sexual act that is not of a kind ordinarily done in
public.
(3) In this section, ?structure? includes a tent, vehicle or vessel or other temporary
or movable structure.
(4) A person commits an offence if he instals or operates equipment, or constructs
or adapts a structure or part of a structure, with the intention of enabling
himself or another person to commit an offence under subsection (1).
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable?
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6
months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
2 years.
If I have a picture and I didn't know the person consented then potentially I could be committing this 'crime'. How does it operate with the press? The video of Jordan could be causing a lot of crime.